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Mainstream Comics Companies and Media Ignore or Insult The Rippaverse

AlexGherzo | Jun 25, 2023 | 2

With Isom #2 garnering $1,553,618 in sales (as of this writing), The Rippaverse has proven to be a legitimate sensation, not a flash-in-the-pan novelty. Eric July, like indie comics creators Ethan Van Sciver and Richard C. Meyer before him, has capitalized on the dissatisfaction many fans have with ...

REVIEW: Isom #1

Matthew Carmosino | Oct 25, 2022 | 1

Whether you’re a Marvel or DC fan, fell out of enjoying comic books in recent years, or are a complete newbie to the genre, Isom’s debut book is a delight through and through. The perspective of this review is from the latter, someone who’s read maybe one or two comics in his entir...

DC Colorist Gabe Eltaeb Leaves Company Over Superman Character Changes

Don Khan Swaylo | Oct 21, 2021 | 9

Gabe Eltaeb, a colorist for DC Comics, just announced his plans to depart the comic book company in protest over what the brand has done to Superman. “I’m tired of this shit,” said Eltaeb. “I’m tired of them ruining these characters.” The former colorist for DC appeared on a livestream w...

REVIEW: Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney

andrewrodriguez | Oct 9, 2019 | 0

Ethan Van Sciver is far from a new face to comics. Having teamed up with multiple writers throughout his 26 years in the industry, he’s worked on the most prominent characters that the medium has to offer. Some of the very best, and my favorite, comics for a given character have been penciled by V...

Doug Ernst’s Soulfinder: Demon’s Match IGG Comic Book Campaign is Here!

Spike | Jun 14, 2019 | 0

The history of the consumer hashtag #ComicsGate is a complicated one. But there’s a group of people who have certainly impacted the development of the struggle to make comic books great and viable again; Englentine from I Love Comics, Captain Frugal, and Washington Times journalist Doug Ernst ...

Alterna Comics’ Owner Peter Simeti Swatted on a Livestream

Spike | Feb 16, 2019 | 0

The so-called “cultural war” on the internet is getting worse, and extremely dangerous. On February 13, Peter Simeti was livestreaming about comics at the 1st Print Comics channel. Suddenly, mid-broadcast, he was held at gunpoint by a SWAT team. According to Peter’s Twitter, someo...